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Newspaper Columnist Praises DVD Jon, Disparages "iPod Silliness"

Columnist Dr. Emilio Bombay has praised Jon "DVD Jon" Johansen for his new company's technology that allows non-Apple DRM-controlled songs to be played on an iPod. Writing in his Fort Worth Star-Telegram column, Dr. Bombay "doffed his chapeau" to Mr. Johansen for allowing other download services to bypass the "bloodsuckers of Cupertino." In the same column, he continued an earlier rant about "this whole iPod silliness," calling iPod users who had written in about an earlier rant "little crybabies."

It should be noted that the style of all of Dr. Bombay's columns appear to be sensationalized and rant-oriented, and on October 23rd he railed against those that choose to "isolate" themselves from the world by listening to their iPods in public. In that rant, he threatened to, "rip the device from your person, hurl it to the ground in a startling fit of rage and attempt to grind it into its component molecules with the golf shoes I wear for just such an eventuality."

He continued, "I may, depending on my particular chemical balance at that instant, then attempt to rub your face into the residue until it is no more than a bloody pulp. I may or may not pose your corpse in an embarrassing position. We'll just have to see."

Shockingly enough, he received a variety of hate mail from iPod fans, and in Wednesday's follow up, he effected a show of surprised disdain for that hate-mail.

"Oooooh," he wrote, "you iPod weenies are so-o-o-o-o sensitive! When you read last week's column, correctly suggesting that this whole iPod silliness has gotten way out of hand, did you cry? Did you cry, little babies? Did you? Oh, boo hoo hoo hoo hoo! I'm sorry, I'm so, so sorry. Not."

Thanks to TMO member mrmgraphics for the heads up on the column in the TMO forums.

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